Best Acoustic Live Looping Setup – Carl Wockner 2024 Live Rig Rundown
Carl Wockner shows his newest Live Looping Pedal setup with equipment. ONLINE LOOPING COURSE – https://truefire.com/guitar-lessons/artistic-looping-for-guitar-players/c1678
https://songwhip.com/carlwockner/one-night-wonder
Website http://carlwockner.com.au/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/carlwocknermusician
Youtube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/user/carlwockner
Live Equipment List: –
Shure ULXD4 – Beta 58a Wireless Microphone
Shure QLXD4 – Wireless Guitar Transmitter
Shure PSM600 – Wireless In Ear Monitor System
IEM’s Alclair Audio RSM Quad or Spire Custom Molded
Maton EMD6 – Acoustic Mini Guitar
Tuner = Boss TU-3
Octave = Boss OC-3
Volume Boost = TC Spark
Custom AB XLR Microphone Switch
Quad Cortex = vocal and guitar FX
Loopstation = Headrush Looperboard`
Expression Pedal = Dunlop Mini EXP Pedal
Bluetooth Page Turner = iRig Blueboard
Beat Sample Hits = AKAI MPX8
Pedal Board Case = Pelican Air case
Midas MR18 Mixing Console
Carl…ness.
The music, the talent and the personality of Carl Wockner radiates from the multi-talented entertainer like a kaleidoscope of watercolors found on the most beautiful of life’s palettes.
In other words, this Australian is as cool as sh**.
“I get bored easily,” remarks Wockner, who has dipped his creative brush into everything from pop music to country music to R&B on his current EP Yellowly Live Once. “I mean, we live in a mix. We want a mix of everything, and that’s what I love giving the world.”
“My style didn’t really fit ‘in a lane’ and nobody would take ownership of my music,” remembers Wockner, who was named “Musician of the Year” at the Livewire Prestige Awards back in 2021. “I didn’t really have anywhere to go.”
So, he started coming over to the States to write and record in 2011, resulting in the release of his debut album Crayon Days in 2013. Two years later, Wockner scored a global win at the International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA,) becoming the first and only Australian to ever win top honors.
The following year, Wockner purchased a one-way ticket to Nashville for himself, his wife, their two young children and a total of 10 suitcases.
“I was able to exhale a little more over here,” says Wockner, who shortly after snagged a spot performing on CNN. “I could find my people.”
Find his people he did. Wockner soon found himself displaying his live looping skills to a whole new audience craving something different from the status quo and finding it within Wockner’s off the cuff performances, many of which have been featured on his ever-popular YouTube channel.
“Looping gives me the ability to lean into the act of stumbling, music wise,” explains Wockner, whose biggest dreams take him to the day he will finally play Madison Square Garden. “It’s like a fork in the road. The listener never knows which direction I’m going to go, and sometimes – neither do I!”
The creative chameleon who recently signed deals with both Dream Big Dreams Management and Universal Attractions Agency (UAA) draws in a deep breath.
“When you go to a music festival or a big show these days, everything is choreographed to an inch of its life. Bands play to tracks and there’s months and months of rehearsals and it’s the same guitar solo every time. (Pauses.) I will never sound as ‘polished’ as that, but I don’t think I want to. People want to hear what life is like, and life is sometimes a challenge.”
And while Wockner loves himself a good challenge, he also has come to love the pristineness of the game of golf, a sport he learned to play under the watchful eye of his grandmother and a sport that he could easily have made his career.
“I love shutting my brain off from everything else but what I’m doing in that moment,” explains Wockner, who happened to headline the Opening Ceremony of PGA Honda Classic earlier this year. “Anybody who legit meditates will roll their eyes at this, but for me, it’s a form of meditation. All I think is that I’m going to take this seven iron and draw this ball over the edge of that trap.
And crazy enough, it usually does.
Because he is Carl fri**in Wockner.
“I want to send a message to people that you can follow through with your ambitions, even if you’re over 30 with a wife and kids. I want to give people strength for their aspirations so that it flows back to me when I need a little strength myself.”
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Thanks Carl! Been waiting for an in-depth video of your vid. loads of inspiration! Thanks for sharing your setup and how you go about it. Really appreciate it! Also thanks for always taking time to reply to questions on your IG, Super humbling. You're a huge inspiration to my setup and looping journey, Especially because I'm 90% of the time playing corporate gigs, so I'm always looking at streamlining my setup for Av. Greetings from Perth ????
Loopy pro, AUV3 and Midi controller bro! Solid AFFFFFF
awesome video as always! i got a little motion sick from the camera man though :/
The only reason i have my loop rig setup the way i do is from a previous iteration of Carl's. 4 years and only now am i shopping around for a new set up.
i sold my quad cortex couple of month a go 🙁
What an amazing setup. It shows that from experience, you have customized your rig to work perfectly for you. It really is amazing all the sound you get. I just wish I knew how to play the guitar like you.
Hey man! Love your videos and I've been following you for a while now ???? I have one question regarding the headrush Looperboard: I run into the problem that sometimes when I am singing my live vocals over my looped backing track that the volume of my live vocals and guitar kinda get turned down or compressed… this also happens when I open a pre saved loop when suddenly the entire volume settings of backing track, live vocals and guitar are completely different and often times much quieter… do you have an idea what the problem is and how I can try to fix it?
Thanks already! great video as always
Cheers
so you're the one who bought that guitar from artisan before i could order it!
Great video.
Hey Carl…. great stuff as always! I was fortunate enough to find and older version of your guitar this week and am looking forward to my fist gig with it. Do you ever find the need for a sound hole cover to reduce feedback? I always use one with my Martin and Larrivee that have old school Fishman Matrix pickups.
Great video ???? What are you looking at to replace the Headrush Looperboard in the future?
this was AWESOME!!! I've been looking forward to seeing your current setup for a while!!! Thanks for walking us through it!
Wow amazing Carl I use the same guitar and I have the Sheeran X plus a QC but have struggled with the QC. I would pay to get the patch on the QC app as I’m desperate to get a good lead / drive sound and also use my mic through the unit. ????
Can you check the model numbers on the shure stuff in the description? Cant seem to find those when I Google.
Love this rundown, gonna try to build something similar for my rig!
Sweet rig dude! The cable method you use is wild ????
Thanks so much Carl, always love your breakdowns!
I can't believe how good that EMD-6 sounds.
Hi Carl question. So your running all of your L/R outputs on your Headrush to your Midas? What difference that make?
wow…great to see this…thanks❤
Yes!! The video we were all waiting for! Thanks for showing us the BTS, Carl! ????
How do you add that distortion effect on your acoustic guitar without dealing with feedback?
Have you tried the RC600, and if so, did you notice that the overall sound of it was kind of harsh compared to the older Boss Loopers and the Headrush Looperboard?
Thanks for your time
Love your videos, and this explainer was fantastic answering so many questions; more like this please!
Thanks for the run down! The new loom looks slick. I also have a Maton Mini. Interesting that you use heavy picks. What gauge and brand of strings do you use?
YESSSSSS love it brother . Thank you ❤????????
I'm currently in the opinion for a new Maton. What's your opinion on the blackwood ones?
Nice!! Thank you man!! Your videos are awesome ????????????✨
Carl, what about speakers are you using point and subs or column array's, I'm about to buy myself something but not sure what yet.
Quad cortex from our corner of the world: FINLAND ???????? Almost every musician here uses Cortex, it's a super pedal. Your setup is great ????
Brand of fork?
Cool vid Carl! Anyone noticed his mic holder? ????????
Wow new guitar and already some visible wear on it, you must be grinding that thing???? cool setup Carl I’m using the Looper X since it came out (I used the rc50 for years) and I’m loving it so far.. Is that a new studio you’re in??
Carl, Do you use any kind of preamp for your Maton? I really like that mid presence that you have your tone. It's really balanced. I play with a pick primarily with some occasional fingerpicking. Trying to roll off some of the plectrum clanking without totally flattening the life out of the mids. Any suggestions?
Also what brand are the cables that your using? The runs look really clean and professional looking.
PS The Quad sounds amazing already! I kind of noticed it when you switched over and even then noticed a discernable shift in audio quality. It's like you captured the character of the Wampler but the quality got better.
So good to see how you use the QC for acoustic and vocals! Send the Neural DSP guys an email and see if they’ll make a looper plug in for QC that suits your workflow… then your board will become exponentially smaller!
❤❤❤ thank you ! Nice rig !